SeolGcophagus ferruginous. 
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Maine (Lako UiTibagog ). 
1871. 
May 30-■ 
J ’no 10, 
. 1872. 
Juno 4. 
Seen frequontly, 
A fomale shot on Cambridgo River vras incubating. 
1873., 
Aug. 8. 
A fernalo sho u on Carjibridgo River was incubating. 
1874. 
July 30. 
I see a i ow daily^ but think the Red-'./ings and Grov/ 
Blackoirds ciust have left before my arrival. 
1876. 
Juno 8. 
i A pair among the stubs near the mou uh of Rapid River 
1880. 
Juna 1. 
San- one on the Mogalloway, near its mouth. 
1881. 
May 20. 
A pair feeding among drift-vrood near the mouth of 
the Megallov/’ay. I shot the male \ 7 hose plumage had a 
beautiful greenish lustre. 
1882. 
Oe t.8-22 
During tlio first v/eek v/e daily say/ immense flocks_ 
often of several hundred indivi duals—on the marshes 
v/here they fed on the mud-flats left by the falling wa¬ 
ters of the bank. After the 15th their numbers dimin- 
isnod. We also saw small companies along the v/ooded 
banks of Cambridge River, and sometimes in spruces on 
the nigh lands av/ay from v/ater. 
187G. 
Juno 4. 
One on Cambridge River above th■ dam. Another by 
the Lake shore. 
